Where is farting considered a compliment

In Thai culture, the fork rarely goes into your mouth. The spoon is the main utensil, usually held in your right hand while the fork is used as a rake to push food from your plate onto your spoon. In other words, you use your fork as you would a knife. Chopsticks are usually for stand-alone noodle dishes in Thailand, not for rice dishes. In the northern provinces of Thailand, where sticky rice is predominantly served, you can just eat with your fingers. Simply take a clump of rice in your hand and compress it with your fingers using it to pick up food and sauces.

During the Renaissance period in Europe, there were no forks. The custom of using forks began in Italy but it took a while for it to catch on. F orks were initially viewed almost to a fault as excessively refined. In the case of men, it was even considered a sign of effeminacy. Even then, only the wealthy could afford them throughout the 17th century.

Even better, just ask someone. Most people will understand you are in a foreign land and happily help you understand their culture. They are likely to be perceived as far more polluting than other bodily excretions such as faeces, because they are for all intents and purposes invisible.

We cannot actively avoid them. While we can generally side-step faeces, blood and urine, or complain to the waiter if we find a hair in our soup, little can be done to protect ourselves from the sensory invasion of the fart.

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